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The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce bestows multiple awards to local businesses, institutions and individuals who make a difference in the community.

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Chamber of Commerce Awards

The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce is proud to recognize some of the out-standing businesses and leaders in our community. For several months, chamber members were asked to sub-mit nominations for the awardees. In November 2013 a panel of members discussed each of the nominees and bestowed the awards at the Dec. 17, 2013 Awards Luncheon of the O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce held at the Christy Banquet Center.

The Sue Proost O’Fallon Chamber Person of the Year was awarded to an O’Fallon Chamber member who has given back to the O’Fallon Community and the Chamber of Commerce through their leadership, dedication and vol-unteerism. Cindy Elking, owner of Quintessential Catering, was honored with this prestigious award at the De-cember luncheon. Elking serves on the O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Board. She is a dedicated Board member for the St. Charles Community College Foun-dation. Elking volunteers her time and talent for many local organizations in-cluding Habitat for Humanity and Vi-sion St. Charles County Leadership.

Community News was honored as the 2013 Small Business of the Year. Community News has a long standing relationship with the O’Fallon commu-nity and the Chamber of Commerce. Community News staff members are known as huge supporters of local busi-nesses and non-profits, volunteering

their time, talent and offering free and reduced rate advertising to support the business community and community as a whole.

“It is an honor to receive this award, especially as a small business because I believe that small businesses are the backbone of the local economy,” said Bob Huneke, publisher of Community News. “I think small business owners everywhere who work hard to keep their business going and hopefully growing, no matter what level of suc-cess they achieve, deserve an award just for trying.”

Krey Distributing was honored as the O’Fallon Chamber Business of the Year. Krey was nominated for their long term support of the Chamber and the com-munity including their financial sup-port of BackStoppers and their Waves of Honor program.

The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce was proud to recognize Firestone as the 2013 Large Business of the Year. Fire-stone has over 400 employees in the St. Louis and St. Charles County area. While offering service to their custom-ers that has earned them an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, they are also involved with over 100 local nonprofit organizations, offering free and discounted products and service to benefit the organizations.

The O’Fallon Chamber of Com-merce was proud to recognize the St. Charles City-County Library District as its Community Servant of the Year.

The library district, one of the great gems of our community, continues to provide resources for all areas of our community serving nonprofits in their Non-Profit Center, businesses in their Business Management Center, and of course, residents. They continue to in-novate to engage the entire community, across all demographics.

Being honored as the Ambassador of the Year was Greg Kinder. As the first line of contact with the membership of the O’Fallon Chamber the Ambas-sadors strengthen the membership and programming of the Chamber allowing

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Pictured from left to right is Bob Huneke, Community News; Adam Hopper, Chairman of the Board; Kelly Nation, Krey Distributing; Jeff Boraz, Firestone Complete Auto Care; Cindy Elk-ing, Quintessential Catering; Jim Brown and Tim DeGhelder, St. Charles City/County Library District; Greg Kinder, Autotech Auto Center. Photo courtesy of Thaemert Photography.

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Around TownLocal news and events like the HappyFeet Soc-cer Programs at the Rec-Plex

Lincoln County LifeCrider Health Center’s Behind the Reel Mouse Races and RV show sets record

BusinessThe Western St. Charles County Chamber Cel-ebration Ball and Public Hearing in O’Fallon

SchoolSt. Charles Community College FAFSA Frenzy and Francis Howell High School’s Limelight pro-duction of Honk!

MovieNebraska is a good story about good people, writes Steve Bryan.

Sports and Learn & PlayLocal sport authority Gary B fills you in on the weekend’s sporting events. Also, play Sudoku and read a review of a new novel.

RecipesKid-friendly snacks to nourish your child’s mind and body

What’s Happeningthe only events calendar you need to stayentertained all week long

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Over the FenceJoe Morice is to Community News readers what Wilson was to Tim Taylor: enjoy a fresh perspec-tive from our in-house blue-collar philosopher.

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AWARDS from covermembers a welcoming atmosphere to build relationships and their business. Greg Kinder exemplifies the role of an Ambassador of the O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce.

The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce is committed to promoting economic vitality in O’Fallon and the St. Charles County Region while providing members with networking opportunities, education and advocacy in public policy decisions affecting business.

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If you live in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles or metro-east Illinois and your household income was less than $52,000 in 2013, you may qualify for free tax help – and you might get more money back. Starting Saturday, January 25, those who qualify can get free tax help. For information on if you qualify, locations, dates, and documents needed, contact United Way at 2.1.1 or 800.427.4626. People can also go to www.gatewayeitc.org to file. Please note that no place is able to process taxes until January 31.

The average EITC refund was $2,298 for the region according to the Brookings Institute. It’s esti-mated that 58 percent of low-to-moderate income families in this community pay an unnecessary average of $260-plus for tax preparation, electronic filing fees and check cashing fees.

For locations and times, please call United Way at 2.1.1 or 800.427.4626.

Missouri Preservation has announced a call for nominations to its List of Most Endangered His-toric Places for 2014.

Missouri Preservation is a statewide nonprof-it historic preservation advocacy organization aimed at preserving place and community for future generations of Missourians. The first of its Most Endangered announcements was made in 2000 and was instituted as a media campaign aimed at calling attention to endangered historic resources throughout Missouri, serving as a call to action, or last call for historic resources named on the list.

A public call for nominations is made each spring and nominations received from Missouri

citizens. Nominations are reviewed and ranked by a committee of Missouri Preservation’s governing board and the announcement is made at one of the sites selected for listing during May, which is National Preservation Month.

The reasons that a property might be endangered are many, including fire, neglect, abandonment, development pressures, or insensitive proposed alterations. Properties do not need to be listed on any national, state or local list of recognized his-toric places to be considered for listing. Many sites have been placed on the list of Most Endangered Historic Places during the past thirteen years, and as a result, many historic sites in Missouri have been saved including the Katy Bridge in Boonville

and Riverside Bridge in Ozark, the Janssen Place Gates in Kan-sas City, the AAA Building in St. Louis, the Lyric Theater building in Newburg, the “Castle House” in Poplar Bluff, the Banneker School in Parkville, and the Ro-tunda in Hermann.

This year nominations are due on March 14. The formal an-nouncement of Missouri’s 2014 Most Endangered Historic Places will be made at one of the sites se-lected on May 21, 2014. For more information, call 314.691.1941, or visit www.preservemo.org for nomination forms.

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As cold temperatures blanket our area, a growing number of seniors may wind up in trouble, stuck in life threatening situations. They may slip and fall, their car might break down, and they may get lost, confused, or stranded – literally left out in the cold. That’s why Visiting Angels, one of the nation’s largest in-home senior care agencies has launched the ICE a Cell Phone Safety Cam-paign to help seniors in case of emergency. To ICE a cell phone, you load emergency contacts in seniors’ phones with the word ICE in front of the emergency contacts’ names, so when someone finds a senior in trouble they know who to call In Case of Emer-gency. Visiting Angels hopes this will become a universal emer-gency plan – a quick way for emergency responders to pick up a senior’s cell phone, and press the letter ‘I’ to find seniors’ emer-gency contacts.

How to ICE Seniors’ Cell Phones:• Under ‘I’ in the cell phone contact list, load the In Case of

Emergency contact names, beginning with the word ICE (ie: ICE_Heather).

• Make sure the emergency contact(s) agree to be an ICE partner. • Include every phone number (home/cell/work) of the ICE

partner. • ICE partners should know the seniors’ medical conditions,

doctors’ names and medications they’re taking.

We Love St. Charles will host its first Lights of St. Charles talent show at 7pm on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Matthias Lot Church, 2645 West Clay, St. Charles. Celebrity Judges will include Sally Faith, Mayor of St. Charles, Scott Anthony, DJ for 99.1 Joy FM and Megan Larche, Casting Director for the St. Louis Muny.

For more information about purchasing tick-ets, volunteering for We Love St. Charles or if you are in need of assistance, please visit www.

welovestcharles.com or call 636.674.9572.We Love St. Charles is a movement of vol-

unteers gathered for the purpose of taking city initiative to bring restoration to those in need of assistance in the city of St. Charles. The group gathers volunteers from the city to fulfill requests for assistance. At times the organization will pro-vide financial assistance and aid, but only for the purpose of long term restoration.

The St. Peters Rec-Plex and HappyFeet Legends are teaming up to offer HappyFeet soccer classes for area families. HappyFeet classes will be offered at the Rec-Plex South and Sports Center facilities beginning the first week of February 2014. Space is limited. Register now to reserve your child’s spot.

HappyFeet is a professionally developed child fitness soccer program based on 25 years of youth coaching experience. The following classes are available through the Rec-Plex:

HappyFeet Class for Ages 2-3: Classes are non-competitive, and each child is equipped with a soccer ball. Your toddler will participate in exciting stories, creative songs, nursery rhymes and fun games that trigger the imagination. Each child becomes “a soccer star in an imagined movie.” This captivating approach teaches advanced motor skills.

HappyFeet Class for Ages 4-5: The class introduces your child to key concepts and new skills, cooperation and goal setting. Each child is equipped with a soccer ball for maximum skill develop-ment. We make use of fun props and play more advanced games. The kids learn some of the most difficult skills and moves in soccer. Your child will have fun and develop creative motor skills in a non-competitive way.

HappyFeet Leagues: This is an excellent opportunity to see your child further develop and show-case his/her HappyFeet soccer skills. The league curriculum maximizes fun and friendship. Leagues are available for ages 4-5, ages 5-6 and ages 7-plus.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes will begin Feb. 3, 5 and 7, and run for four weeks. Classes start at 11:30am for ages 2-3 and noon for ages 4-5.

Leagues play on Sunday afternoons beginning Feb. 9. League sessions are eight weeks.HappyFeet programs meet inside at either Rec-Plex South at 5250 Mexico Road or at St. Peters’

Sports Center gymnasium in Sports Center Park at 7 North Service Road in Old Town St. Peters.Register for HappyFeet classes online at www.stpetersmo.net/rec-connect or at the St. Peters Rec-

Plex, 5200 Mexico Road, 636.939.2386, ext. 1400.

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Girls learn five leadership skills through the Girl Scout Cookie Program that prepare them for their future – goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. To serve as a kickoff for the annual Cookie Season this year, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri sponsored a Cookie Rally.

It took place at Chaifetz Arena on the campus of Saint Louis University. To promote excitement among the girls, Innovative Force, a dance team from America’s Got Talent performed; Mason and Remy, radio personalities from 93.7FM The Bull, visited; and Saint Louis University cheerleaders led the girls in a Cookie Rap and Cheer.

Visitors watched special guest performer Megan Nicole. Megan is a 20-year old who rose to stardom on YouTube. Her videos cur-rently have more than 416 million views. After the release of her debut single, B-e-a-utiful, Megan met with record producer Sean “Diddy” Combs, whose company is part of Interscope Records, and she signed a record deal.

The girls also sampled this year’s Little Brownie Bakers’ Girl Scout Cookies. Little Brownie has partnered with the Girl Scouts for Cookie Programs this year and in 2015.

Other activities included photo opportunities, cookie-themed games and crafts, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) stations, baking cookies with Juliette and an older girl ac-tivity lounge. Girls received rally patches for attending.

Cookie Rally Kicks off 2014 Cookie Season

Adults who are interested in law enforcement are invited to enroll in the O’Fallon Police De-partment’s Citizens Police Academy. Beginning Tuesday, March 4, 2014, the six-week class will meet from 7-9:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Enrollment is open to anyone age 18 or older who lives, works or attends school in St. Charles County. The cost for the course is $30. Applica-tions will be accepted through Tuesday, Feb. 25. Class space is limited.

The Citizens Police Academy stresses hands-

on training and participation whenever possible. The course includes an introduction to firearms training and presentations by professionals on identity theft and cybercrime. Topics and activi-ties to be covered during the 2014 Academy are:

• Patrol operations, including riding assign-ments with an O’Fallon Police Officer.

• An overview of investigations (criminal, traf-fic, DWI, crime scene).

• Drug awareness, local drug task force.• Use of force, Taser, and less lethal weapons.

• Internet safety, identity theft awareness.

• Tours of the O’Fallon Police Department.

• O’Fallon’s K-9 program.• A day at the O’Fallon fire-

arms range (Saturday) for dem-onstrations, hands-on participa-tion.

• St. Charles County Regional SWAT.

“Whether you’re consider-ing a career in law enforcement, wanting up-to-date information about how to protect yourself from crime or a better under-standing of police work, the academy offers a great behind-the-scenes look at modern mu-nicipal police operations,” said Police Officer Tim Bateman, the academy’s co-director. “Academy graduates also may be eligible for police-related volunteering opportunities, if they choose.”

Applications are available on-line at www.ofallon.mo.us/PD/CPA and at the O’Fallon Police Department, 100 North Main Street in O’Fallon. Applicants must not have a felony convic-tion, an outstanding warrant, or a misdemeanor arrest for moral issues. For more information, please email either Police Officer Tim Bateman at [email protected] or Police Officer Kev-in DeHart at [email protected]. If email is not possible, please contact the O’Fallon Po-lice Department at 636.240.3200.

O’Fallon’s Annual Citizens Police Academy

Can you help save lives? If you are at least 17 years old and healthy, please donate blood on from 11am-3pm on Friday, Jan. 24, at the O’Fallon Municipal Centre (City Hall), 100 North Main Street in O’Fallon.

O’Fallon’s National Volunteer Donor Month Blood Drive is co-sponsored by the City of O’Fallon and the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center. Refreshments will be served im-mediately following donations. Donors must show a photo I.D.

“Peoples’ lives depend on volunteer blood do-nors,” said Kathy Halstead, O’Fallon’s Manager of Volunteer Services. “I met with the represen-tative from Mississippi Valley Regional Blood

Center, who told me that the blood supply is down really low in our area. The recent snow-storms have resulted in the cancellation of nu-merous blood drives, and those that were held had a drastic reduction in the number of donors able to come out. And the impact on our local blood supplies will only increase as winter con-tinues.”

Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments for whole blood donations can help ensure there’s enough staffing and lessen the waiting time. For an appointment, please contact O’Fallon’s Vol-unteer Services Department at 636.379.5417 or [email protected]. For more informa-tion, please visit www.ofallon.mo.us/volunteer.

Donors Needed at O’Fallon’s VolunteerDonor Blood Drive

The Kiwanis Club of West St. Charles County is holding a team trivia night on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 6:30pm at the Bear Creek Golf Club Clubhouse in Wentzville. The event will benefit the the Key Club of Holt High School, the Key Club of Liberty High School and the Wentzville School District Biomedical Sciences Program.

The cost is $200 for an 8-person table. Beer, wine and soda are provided throughout the game. Light snacks are also provided and teams are welcome to bring their own brain food.

For more information, please call Tim Hooton at 636.695.4733 or Erica Fiore at 636.327.5858 for more information.

Kiwanis Club Trivia Night to Benefit StudentOrganizations in Wentzville

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The time for watching from the couch is over. Take the football and make your own magic on the field. Register your team now for the St. Peters Rec-Plex’s adult Flag Football League.

The eight-game league is open to team registration for players ages 18 and up. The season begins Feb. 9, 2014, with registration ending 10 days before the league begins or when the league is full. Games will be played on a field next to Rec-Plex South on Sundays between noon and 5 p.m. The league will have seven regular-sea-son games and one playoff game.

Each team must have at least six players and can have as many as 15 players. The cost is $415 per team.

Individuals looking for a spot on a team may email [email protected] with your name, address, day and evening phone numbers, age, and football background.

Learn more or register your team at www.stpetersmo.net/rec-connect or call 636.939.2386, ext. 1400.

Wentzville Christian Church, 1507 Highway Z, will hold audi-tions for The Music Man from 1-5pm on Feb. 16 and from 6-9pm on Feb. 17, at the Church. Those auditioning will be asked to sing the song of their choice, accompanist provided, and to learn and perform a simple dance. Actors auditioning for leads will be asked to sing a song from the show. For song selections and additional information please check the website, www.wentzvillecc.org, or call Tammy at 636.219.3238.

The Foundry Art Centre is pleased to present their first exhibition of 2014 entitled Figurative Works with an Opening Reception from 6-8pm on Friday, Jan. 24 at the Foundry Art Center in St. Charles. This special gathering to officially open the exhibition is free and open to the pub-lic. Complimentary refreshments will be served, and the FAC artists will be in studio during re-ception.

The human figure has long been a staple in the expression of fine art. Artists for centuries have devoted their time and talents to the exploration of the human form and its intrinsic beauty. The Figurative Works exhibition invites the public to explore artists’ individual understandings of hu-manity as the most classic muse.

The Figurative Works exhibition was juried by Eric Shultis, a Professor in the General Fine Arts Program at St. Louis Community College at

Florissant Valley. Shultis teaches anatomy, figure drawing, basic drawing, design, and contempo-rary concepts in art practice.

Eric Shultis’ work has been exhibited nationally in galleries in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Albuquerque, and Santa Fe. His work has also been seen internationally via the Museum Of Pocket Art (MOPA).

Locally, Shultis’ work can be seen throughout the St. Louis area at Gallery 210, the Sheldon Art Galleries, the Foundry Art Centre, and the Con-temporary Art Museum in St. Louis.

For more information about the Figurative Works exhibition and upcoming Opening Re-ception event at the Foundry Art Centre, contact Executive Director Angela Fowle at 636.255.0270 or via email at [email protected].

The public may also visit their website at www.foundryartcentre.org for additional details.

Join St. Louis Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny for an uplifting evening, celebrating stories of accomplishment and overcoming obstacles.

United Services for Children presents Believe and Achieve Feb. 6 at Lindenwood University’s J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts. Doors will open 6pm, followed by a VIP reception at 6:30 pm. The program begins at 7pm in the Bezemes Family Theater. The arts center is located at 2300 West Clay in St. Charles.

Keynote speaker Mike Matheny will talk about overcoming his own challenges on and off the field. The event will include the premiere of a new video documentary, “Just Look at US Now,” featuring interviews with United Services alumni from throughout the agency’s 38-year history.

General admission costs $20 per person. Pre-registration is required. Admission is free to all United Services students, staff and alumni. Register at www.unitedservicesforchildren.org.

United Services for Children is a nonprofit organization that operates two pediatric therapy and developmental learning centers in St. Charles County. Founded in 1975, it serves approximately 1,000 children per year. United Services is a leader in preparing children of all abilities to reach their full potential.

For more information on this event, contact Director of Planned Giving Jeanne Palombo at 636.926.2700, ext. 109, or email her at [email protected].

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The Crider Health Center Foundation and the Young Pro-fessionals Board of Directors will be hosting their fourth annual Mouse Races Event with doors opening at 6:30pm on Saturday, Feb. 1. It will be an evening of fun

and high-stakes competition. This year’s theme is Behind the Reel. Guests are encouraged to come dressed in their best movie character costume. Prizes will be awarded to the best-dressed individual and group. Ticket prices are $20 per per-son or $110 for a table of eight. Ticket price includes beer, soda, and water, music and a silent auction. Outside food and drinks are welcome but no glass, please. The event is at the Harvester Lions Club, located at 4835 Central School Road in St. Charles. Register online at www.mouseraces2014.kintera.org.

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The January St. Louis RV and Travel show an-nounced that attendance on January 11 was the high-est in over ten years. The annual RV show is sponsored by the members of the Midwest Gateway Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association. The forty-year-old asso-ciation of dealers is open to all RV Dealers who; are primarily in the RV business, follow good business practices including; truth in advertising, good stand-ing with the Better Business Bureau and an affirma-tive vote of their peers. The association was founded by the fathers of several of St Louis’ leading dealer principals.

The large numbers of young families bodes well for the RV industry. There is truly an RV model that will fit almost any budget or adapt to any use. Prices ranged from $7,000 for a new folding camper to al-most $500,000 for a luxurious motorhome. The ap-peal of the RV lifestyle is that it is so accessible. One

can have just as much fun in a travel trail-er costing under $20,000 as another who spends $200,000 for a motorhome. Bud-get conscious? Competitive interest rates mean ownership is possible starting at a bit over $100 per month for a camper.

Byerly RV, in Eureka, finished up another record year in 2013. Our greater commit-ment to customers after the sale was evi-denced by our large Parts Store set up at the Show. Service people worked in the “store” to answer technical questions and explain the application and installation of new accessories.

Byerly RV represents over 19 brand names of new RVs and always a great se-lection of pre-owned models. We don’t use brand names in our advertising often be-

cause we have so many. But we shop diligently to represent the best val-ue in RVs. And if we do mention a name brand, be assured that it’s in stock and we are the authorized dealer for that fran-chise. We try to assure that our advertising represents what we stand for-- helping to

fulfill our customer’s vacation dreams. But no amount of advertising can take the place of the most effective form of promotion- word of mouth. Visit our website at www.byerlyrv.com and visit our beautiful dealer-ship on I-44 in Eureka, Missouri- “The Center of the RV World”.

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The Western St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce sold out its Pay it Forward Holiday Raffle. Jeff Vogelsang and Jamie Re-inhardt each won a $500 Visa gift card and 100 percent of the pro-ceeds have been used in the community. $1,000 has been presented to Operation Food Search to help feed families during the holi-days, and $1,000 has been contributed to the Chamber Scholarship Fund which provides four students with $750 scholarships. The food will be used for the backpack program that serves the area.

The Western St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce is hosting their 2014 Celebration Ball beginning at 6pm on Saturday, Feb. 1. This event brings the chamber together to celebrate with our award winners and celebrate the accomplishments of our chamber throughout the year. All are welcome.

Tickets for the Ball are $45 and include live entertainment by singer Nick Calandro, great food and dessert, and an open bar. Celebrate with award winners, and enjoy games and a silent auction.

The Chamber will be honoring many local businesses and individuals with awards throughout the night.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please call the Chamber office at 636.327.6914 or email [email protected].

The St. Charles County Assessor will mail over 164,000 personal property declaration forms by the week of Jan. 20. Like last year, individual personal property owners will be able to file declarations online.

“Last year was the first year individual personal prop-erty owners in St. Charles County could file online. It makes the process more convenient,” said Scott Ship-man, St. Charles County Assessor. “Individual personal property owners can file online any time before the deadline and will receive an automatic confirmation once their declaration is received.”

Printed on the personal property declaration is an E-filing website and unique secure code for individual personal property owners to access their accounts. The E-filing website link is also featured on the Assessor’s website. Those who filed online in 2013 should note that the unique secure code changes each year; the code printed on 2014 personal property declarations should be used to access online accounts this year.

Those who fail to complete their declaration by the March 1 deadline will be charged a late-filing penalty ranging up to $100.

“When people do not declare their personal property, it impacts the tax rate for everyone in the county,” said Shipman. “Completion of the form by the deadline is especially important because it assures a fair and equitable distribution of the tax burden.”

Residents and businesses that do not receive a personal property assessment form can download blank forms online from the Assessor’s website, http://assessor.sccmo.org/as-sessor/, or can contact the St. Charles County Personal Prop-erty Department by phone at 636.949.7420 or 1.800.822.4012, extension 7420.

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The City of O’Fallon, Missouri, will conduct a public hearing begin-ning at 3pm on Monday, Feb. 3, at the O’Fallon Municipal Centre (City Hall), 100 North Main Street, concerning the Fiscal Year 2013 Con-solidated Annual Per-formance and Evalua-tion Report (CAPER) for the O’Fallon Com-munity Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

For more informa-tion, please contact Public Assistance Spe-cialist Jessica Hawkins in the Communications Department at 636.379.5411, or [email protected].

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The Missouri Association of Student Federal Aid Personnel and the Missouri Department of High-er Education are partnering to bring the College Goal Sunday program, called FAFSA Frenzy, to St. Charles Community College (SCC) from 2-4pm on Sunday, Feb. 9.

FAFSA Frenzy will assist students and parents with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process.

SCC has been chosen as one of the many FAFSA Frenzy event sites and will hold the event from 2-4pm in the SCC Technology Building on campus. Financial aid professionals will be on hand dur-ing the event. An inclement weather back up date is set for Sunday, Feb. 16.

“Applying for financial aid is easier than ever before because of College Goal Sunday,” said Abby Vernon, SCC’s financial assistance counselor. “It provides students with free help filling out the FAF-SA, the first step in applying for federal financial aid and many state programs.”

For additional information about the event or to locate additional sites, please visit www.dhe.mo.gov or www.masfap.org/showmetocollege. For questions about the event on SCC’s campus, please contact Abby Vernon at 636.922.8586.

St. Charles Community College will host a se-ries of events in honor of Black History Month. The first week’s activities will focus on Negro League Baseball with a lecture and film showing.

A History of the Negro Leagues in St. Louis: Giants & St. Louis Stars

Noon on Monday, Feb. 3Dwayne Isgrig will discuss the history of the

Negro Leagues in baseball. The St. Louis Giants

were a Negro Leagues baseball team from 1905-1921. The team changed owners, and its name for the 1922 season. From 1922-1931, the St. Louis Stars continued in the Negro National League. For more information about this lecture in the auditorium of the Social Science Building, con-tact Grace Moser at [email protected].

“42” Film Showing7pm on Wednesday, Feb. 5

42 is the story of Jackie Rob-inson, a Negro League base-ball player in 1946, who never took racism lying down. Branch Rickey, a Major League team ex-ecutive, had a bold idea. Rickey recruited Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African-American Ma-jor League player. The film 42 will be shown in the auditorium of the Social Sciences Building.

The Board of Education of the School District of the City of St. Charles will hold its regular public session meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday, Feb.13 at the Benton Administrative Center, 400 North Sixth Street, St. Charles.

The closed session meeting will begin at 6:30pm. The agenda is posted in each of the public school buildings, the administrative office and on the district website prior to the board meeting.

Francis Howell High School’s Limelight Theatre group is proud to present Honk! at 7pm on Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 6-8, at the Francis Howell High School Auditorium, located at 7001 Hwy. 94 South in St. Charles.

Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling, incorporating a mes-sage of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles. The musical is set in the countryside and features Ugly – a cygnet (who is mis-taken as an ugly duckling upon falling into his mother’s nest) who is rejected by everyone but Ida (his mother), a sly tomcat who only befriends him out of hunger, and several other barnyard characters.

The musical debuted at The Watermill Theatre in England in 1993. The West End production opened in 1999 and won the 2000 Olivier Award for Best Musical.

Tickets are $8.00 per person and are available at the door, with performances each night beginning at 7pm.

For more information, please contact [email protected].

St. Charles Community College’s Center Stage Theatre is hold-ing open auditions for the upcoming production of The Elephant Man at 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 21-22, in the theater of the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building on the SCC campus. Center Stage Theatre invites SCC students and community resi-dents to audition.

Callbacks will be held at 7pm on Thursday, Jan. 23. The auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, which is on reserve in the SCC library. Monologues are encouraged, but not required.

The Elephant Man, by Bernard Pomerance, is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part of the 19th century. A horribly deformed young man, victim of rare skin and bone diseases, he has become the star freak attraction in trav-eling sideshows. Found abandoned and helpless, he is admitted to London’s prestigious Whitechapel Hospital. Under the care of cel-ebrated young physician Frederick Treves, Merrick is introduced to London society and slowly evolves from an object of pity to an urbane and witty favorite of the aristocracy and literati only to be denied his ultimate dream, to become a man like any other.

There are roles for six men and two women. The performances will be held in the theater of the Fine Arts

Building Wednesday-Sunday, March 5-9. There will be a high school matinee at 10am on Thursday, March 6.

For more information about auditions or the play, please contact the Humanities Department at 636.922.8255 or Lonna Wilke at [email protected] or 636.922.8420.

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Accomplished director Alexander Payne also is a tremendous storyteller. From his early work in the high school drama Election through the family trou-bles in 2011’s The Descendants, Payne always tells a good story. His movies typ-ically focus on real people with real prob-lems in a very real world.

Nebraska, Payne’s latest effort, is no exception to that rule. Bruce Dern leads a solid cast as Woody Grant, a stubborn and determined resident of Billings, Mon-tana. Upon receiving what appears to be a sweepstakes notification, Woody wants to go to Lincoln, Nebraska, to claim his million dollars.

Everyone, especially his frustrated wife Kate (a delightful June Squibb), says the letter is just a cheap come-on to sell magazines, but Woody believes otherwise. He’s even willing to walk from Billings to get his money. Son David (Will Forte) agrees to drive his dad to Lincoln to find out for sure and spend some time with his cantankerous father.

Nebraska could take place just about anywhere at any time in the United States. The talented Bruce Dern em-bodies the typical working man as Woody Grant. Though he had ambition and dreams as a younger man, time and alcohol took that away from him. De-cades after it was stolen, Woody still remains frustrated about a missing air compressor.

Will Forte of Saturday Night Live fame turns in a surpris-ing, complicated performance as David, Woody’s lackadaisical son. Frustrated with his lack of ambition, David’s girlfriend moves out of their apartment in the hopes of getting him to do something. Unfortunately, he misses the entire point of her actions until he takes a road trip with Woody.

Actress June Squibb, how-

ever, steals the whole movie as Kate, Woody’s outspoken wife. Aggravat-ed at her husband’s eccentric ways, she threatens to put him in a nurs-ing home, but her angry words mask the love and respect she has for him. Kate also can curse a blue streak, us-

ing language that would make a sailor blush.Director Alexander Payne uses this core cast to good

advantage. Shot in gorgeous black-and-white in vari-

ous rural locations, the camera follows Woody on an im-possible quest for a million dollars. Along the way, rela-tives and so-called friends show their true colors. Though they didn’t have time for him in the past, everyone is mighty interested in a potentially wealthy Woody.

This is a good story about good people in a film that should not be missed. Hats off to Payne, Bruce Dern, June Squibb and a talented supporting cast for making Ne-braska a real delight.

Nebraska, rated R for some language, currently is playing in theaters.

Born and raised in South St. Louis, Steve Bryan is now based in Anaheim, California, and has been allowed access to movie and television sets to see actors and directors at work. Though his writing has taken him far from St. Louis, Steve is, at heart, still the same wide-eyed kid who spent countless hours watching classic movies at neighborhood theaters.

This is a good story about good people in a film that

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January 22, 2014 • Community News - St. Charles County • www.mycnews.com10 SportsGary Baute

Monty Ball-Played Football at Timberland High-Going to The Super Bowl

The Denver Broncos ran away from the New England Patri-

ots with a 26-16 win to get the American Football League trophy

and qualify for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 2. The Broncos will take on the Seattle Seahawks.

Ball, who plays half back for the Broncos had sever-al running plays to pick up key yards and first downs throughout the game. In fact the last big play of the game by the Bronco’s saw number 28 picking up a first down to put the game away.

*Playing in the Super Bowl in his first year in the NFL

Rams Defensive End Heading to Hawaii and Gets Extra Honors

Rams’ Robert Quinn, the NFC sack leader, was picked by the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) as their Defensive Player of the Year.

Quinn, who earlier this week was named All-NFL and All-NFC by the PFWA, finished second in the NFL and led the NFC with 19 sacks. His sack total is the most by a Ram

since sacks became an official statistic in 1982. In addition to leading the NFC in sacks, Quinn fin-

ished second in the NFL with seven forced fumbles and coaches credited him with a team-high 18 tackles for loss this season as well as 36 quarterback pres-sures and 33 quarterback hits. He recovered two fum-bles and returned one for a touchdown.

Quinn led a Rams pass rush that ranked third in the NFL with 53 sacks this season. The Rams also ranked ninth in the NFL against the run, and Quinn’s pres-ence on the edge has certainly played a key role in St. Louis’ ability to shut down opposing running backs. At the conclusion of his third NFL season, Quinn boasts 34.5 career sacks. His 29.5 sacks since the start of the 2012 season are second most among all defend-ers in that time frame.

Earlier this off-season, Quinn was selected to his first Pro Bowl and was named First-Team All-Pro.

*Another great honor for Quinn

How About One More Award for the Rams Player

One of the active player captains for the 2014 Pro Bowl will be Robert

Quinn. Along with Quinn, other captains will in-clude quarter back Drew Brees, running back Jamaal

Charles, defensive end J.J. Watt, the NFL announced.

These four captains, which are comprised of the top two leading vote getters on offense and defense will help determine rosters for Team Rice and Team Sand-ers during the first-ever Pro Bowl Draft on January 21-22.

Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders will serve as alumni team captains for the Pro Bowl squads, and have final say over draft decisions. The NFL legends will each be assisted by two active player captains and one NFL.com fantasy football champion in the draft process.

The Pro Bowl Draft will be held in Kapolei and all 88 Pro Bowl players are expected to be in attendance for Wednesday’s live show.

The 2014 Pro Bowl will be played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game will be televised live on Sunday, Jan. 26 on NBC at 6pm CT.

*Much deserved hardware for the man

*120 Days Left Until River City Rascal Baseball Team’s Opening Day

Gary Baute, a St. Louis native, may be educated in busi-ness but he lives and breathes sports. As a fan or an ath-lete, Gary is all sports all the time. He hosted a radio sports program on KFNS, emceed the River City Rascals’ inau-gural season, and co-hosted SportsRadioSTL.com, among many other activities. Currently he broadcasts a radio show on 590 ‘The Man’ and 1380 ‘The Woman.’

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Art, history, ro-mance, and murder intersect in A Light

in the Ruins, by a longtime favorite author of mine, Chris Bohjalian. A plethora of novels precedes Bo-hjalian’s newest — must-reads that include Midwives, and page-tuners like The Double Bind, Secrets of Eden, Skeletons at the Feast and, most recently, The Sand-castle Girls.

A Light in the Ruins has intriguing dual narratives set in Tuscany during World War II and in the same locale a decade later. The book opens in 1955 with a bloodthirsty murder. The victim, Francesca Rosati, is the daughter-in-law of an aristocratic family who lived in a hillside villa during the war. It was an estate with a prized Etruscan tomb of great interest to the Germans, who wished to pilfer the tomb’s treasures, and later committed atrocities there.

Serafina Bettini, the detective assigned to the Rosati slaying, well remembers the war. An Italian partisan, she nearly lost her life resisting the Germans. Her body bears the unsightly scars of the burns that nearly killed her.

Initially the detective is baffled by Francesca’s grisly murder, but when another Rosati woman has her heart carved from her body, Seraphina thinks the crimes might be linked to someone who knew the Rosatis during the war.

In those years, the head of the family, the Marchese, a nobleman, did what he had to do to protect his land and family, sometimes cooperating with the Germans more than his countrymen thought necessary. When the Marcheses’ 18-year-old daughter Cristina falls in love with a German soldier her father is powerless to end the love affair.

As the Allies invade Italy, the noose around the neck of the Nazis tightens, and the once affluent Rosatis become prisoners in their own home. As the narrative shifts back and forth in time, the murderer methodically prepares to do away with another Rosati. He speaks to readers in a chilling voice, ramping up the tension as cars careens off Tuscan roads and a body lays inert in a tomb that once offered shelter to injured partisans.

A gifted storyteller, Bohjalian provides his fans with yet another engaging book — one with broad appeal and a murder mystery that keeps you guessing right up to the end.

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EVENTS

January 25: WingHaven Pub Crawl 7pm-midnight. Two trolleys will be making the rounds between Wing-Haven pubs including: WingHaven Country Club, Llywelyn’s Pub, Mas-sa’s and Blue Sky Cafe and Bar. Pur-chase tickets at any of the participat-ing WingHaven pubs for $10 each. www.wroa.info.

January 25-26: St. Charles Kennel Club, Inc. All Breed Dog Show and Obedience Trial8am-5pm at The National Equestrian Center, 6880 Lake St. Louis Blvd. For more information, call 636.561.8080.

January 28: Be a Smart Home Seller Program6-8:30pm at St. Charles West High School, 3601 Droste Road, St. Charles. Learn key steps to suc-cessfully sell your property and get inside information that will ease stressful aspects of moving. $29. Register at www.stcharlesae.org or 636.443.4043.

January 28-March 18: Kickboxing Bootcamp ClassesTuesdays from 7-8pm at Jefferson Intermediate School, 2660 Zumbehl Road, St. Charles. Tuition is $99 for

8-week session. Register at www.st-charlesae.org or 636.443.4043.

January 30-Feburary 20: Cake Dec-orating ClassesThursdays from 6:30-8:30pm at Har-din Middle School, 1950 Elm Street, St Charles. Students will learn the fundamentals of decorating. $79. Register at www.stcharlesae.org or 636.443.4043.

February 4: Forming an LLC Pro-gram6:30-9pm at St. Charles West High School, 3601 Droste Road, St. Charles. Learn to file online, about taxation and other things you need to know to protect yourself as a small business owner. Register at www.st-charlesae.org or 636.443.4043.

February 7: Father/Daughter Sweetheart Dance6:30-8:30pm at Lake Saint Louis Ban-quet Center. For dads with daughters ages 3-10. Dinner, DJ, balloon artist and a complimentary picture. $44/couple for Residents, $55/couple for Non-residents, $12.50 for each ad-ditional child. Register at www.lake-saintlouis.com, click on Parks and Recreation, Father/Daughter Dance or call 636.561.4620.

February 21: ShowMe Aquatics Fitness Trivia NightDoors open at 6pm, games begin at 7pm. Immanuel Lutheran Fellow-ship Hall, 115 South 6th Street, St. Charles. Benefits people with de-

velopmental disabilities. $160/table of 8, $20/person. Beer and soda in-cluded, snacks permitted. Reserva-tions recommended. Info: Brenda at 636.896.0999.

Ongoing Events

1st Monday: Gardeners of St. Charles County Monthly Meeting6:30pm. Location varies. 314.304.7480.

4th Monday: American Legion Post 388 Meets6:30 pm at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 8945 Vets. Mem. Pkwy. 636.219.0553.

Every Monday: St. Peters Rotary ClubNoon at St. Peters City Hall, One St. Peters Centre Blvd. www.stpetersro-tary.org.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Fri-day: Fitness First Exercise Classes 9:30-10:30am, American Legion Hall, 504 Luetkenhaus Blvd., Wentz-ville. 314.369.6521.

1st Tuesday: Fleur de Lis Garden Society6:30pm at the Kisker Road Library, 1000 Kisker Road. Info: Jeanne at 314.605.8563.

2nd Tuesday: Show-me Stitchers Embroiderer’s Guild of America 7pm at the Ladue Chapel. Info: www.showmestitchers.com.

4th Tuesday: O’Fallon Garden Club.6:30pm at Sunrise Methodist Church, 7116 Twin Chimney Blvd. Info: Barb at 636.978.5930.

Every Tuesday: Kiwanis Club of St. CharlesNoon - 1 pm at the Columns Ban-quet Center in St. Charles.

Every Tuesday: St. Charles Opti-mist ClubNoon-1pm at Pio’s Restaurant.

Every Tuesday: Quilting Guild at the O’Fallon Family YMCA1-4pm Free. Quilt for local charities. No sewing experience required.

Every Tuesday: Toastmasters Meet-ing7 pm at the Renaud Spirit Center, 2650 Tri Sports Circle, O’Fallon. Info: 636.379.2505.

Every Tuesday & Thursday: Tai Chi at the St. Charles County Family YMCA8-9am & 10:15-11:15am. No experi-ence necessary. 636-928-1928.

Tuesdays & Thursdays: Get Fit Ex-ercise Classes9-10am and 5:30-6:30pm at Immac-ulate Heart of Mary Church Hall, New Melle. 314.369.6521.

Every Wednesday: Active Older Adults Game Day at the O’Fallon Family YMCA10am Free. Bring a favorite snack to share. Anybody welcome.

Every Wednesday: Crossroads Cribbage Club 10am Meets at 1380 Boone St., Troy, MO 63379. 636.528.8379.

Every Wednesday: Men’s Golf League5pm, tee off at 5:30 pm at Heritage of Hawk Ridge. www.lakesaintlouis.com, under the parks and recreation section.

Every Wednesday: Charity Bingo6:45pm VFW Post 5077 sponsors, at VFW Hall, 8500 Veterans Mem. Pkwy., O’Fallon. 636.272.1945 or

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1st & 3rd Wednesday: St. Charles Area Wood Carvers7pm at Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project, 7295 Hwy. 94 South, St. Charles. Visitors welcome!

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of St. Peters6:30am at IHOP (3851 Veter-an’s Memorial Pkwy St. Peters). 636.328.4941.

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of O’Fallon11:45am Meets at JJ’s Restaurant in O’Fallon. Info: www.ofkiwanis.com.

Every Thursday: O’Fallon Rotary Club Lunch Noon at The Holy Cross Luther-an Church (8945 Veterans Me-morial Pkwy, across from Fort Zumwalt Park). Visitors welcome. 636.980.1777.

Every Thursday: Yoga at The St. Charles County Family YMCA7-7:55pm Any level. Info: 636.928.1928.

2nd & 4th Thursday: Alexander Chapter 242/Eastern StarSt. Charles Masonic Lodge, 2051 Col-lier Corporate Parkway, St. Charles. 636.577.0056.

Every Friday: Moms Play Group10am at LSL Community Asso-ciation, 100 Cognac Ct., Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367. 314.479.0306, [email protected] or www.lslmothersclub.com.

Every Friday: VFW Fish Fry3-8pm VFW Post 2866. 66 VFW Lane. Call Bill Sams, 636.724.9612.

Every Saturday: Chess8-11am or later in the food court at Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters.

Every Saturday: Veterans Learn guitar for FREE9:30am in Historic St. Charles. Info: Bill Dennis at 314.479.5750.

Every Saturday: Peaceful Puppy Mill Protest11am - 12:30pm at Petland, 6131 Ronald Reagan Drive, Lake St. Louis. [email protected].

Every Saturday: Charity Bingo 6:30pm, doors open at 4pm. Wen-tzville Community Club (500 West Main, Wentzville 63385). www.wen-tzvillefleamarket.org or www.face-book.com/wentzville-community-club.

1st & 3rd Saturday: St Peters Square Dance Club Dances6:30pm. 1st United Methodist Church, 801 First Capital Dr. www.squaredancestcharles.com.

2nd Sunday: Moscow Mills Lions Breakfast7am - noon, September - April. Mos-cow Community Center, Hwy C. $7/adult, $4/child, under 6 free. www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/moscowmills.

2nd Sunday: The Wheelers and Dealers Square Dance7pm. Blanchette Park, 1900 W Ran-dolph St. www.squaredancestcharles.com.

CHURCH

January 22: Women’s Wednesday Morning Bible Study 9am-noon at Peace Lutheran Church, 9320 Phoenix Village Park-way, O’Fallon. 11-week study. Beth Moore’s A Woman’s Heart. Register at 636.561.8282.

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January 25: Bible Reading at the Library2pm at the McClay Library, Meet-ing Room B, 2760 McClay Road, St. Charles. This program is not af-filiated with or sponsored by the St. Charles City-County Library Dis-trict.

January 26: God’s Loving Kind-ness….Better Than Life 11:45am at Trinity Episcopal Church, 318 S. Duchesne in St. Charles. Bring a brown bag lunch. Drinks and des-sert provided. www.trinity-stcharles.org.

January 27: Ladies Bible study of Gideon, Your Weakness, God’s Strength 9:30am at First Baptist Church Lake St. Louis, 2230 Lake St. Louis Bou-levard. By Priscilla Shirer. For info/enrollment, call the church office at 636.561.8476.

February 21: Steps to Wholeness7-9pm at All Saints Catholic Church, #7 McMenemy Road in St. Peters. Divorced or Separated? Come heal from the pain of losing your spouse and learn to move forward in a posi-tive direction. Held on seven con-secutive Fridays. All faiths welcome. Cost is $20 and advance registra-tion is required by contacting Leo at 636.946.7782.

February 22: Celebration Church Sweetheart Dinner & Dance5:30-10:30pm at Celebration Church, 250 Birdie Hills Road, St. Peters. Tickets are $25/person and include filet mignon, baked potato, salad, desert and non-alcoholic bev-erages. Prepaid reservation must be in by Feb. 9. Info: Pat or Ray at 636.578.0160.

Northside Church of Christ Free Correspondence Bible Course:Call for more information, 636.293.5030.

Operation Backpack: United Meth-odist Church, WentzvilleFood to at-risk children over the weekend. 636.327.6377

Every Tuesday: Ministry To Men: Men’s Introductory Bible Discus-sion Groups7am at United Methodist Church, 725 N. Wall St., Wentzville. Groups are interdenominational and begin-ners as well as “old timers” are wel-come. 636.698.5598 or 636.625.3447.

3rd Tuesday: Luncheon for Seniors11am - 2pm at Transfiguration Epis-copal Church, 1860 Lake St. Louis Blvd., 636.561.8951

2nd Wednesday: Noon LuncheonShiloh United Methodist Church, 1515 Hwy T, Foristell, 636.673.2144.

HEALTH

Cancer Survivor Fitness ProgramFree for all cancer patients and sur-vivors. A 12-week program with trained instructors to help partici-pants regain energy and improve stamina. St. Charles County Family

YMCA, 636-928-1928.

Diabetes Self Management Train-ing (DSMT)Available with a doctor’s order. 636.949.9600 or Patty Shelton at 636.947.5573.

Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)A nutritional diagnostic therapy and counseling service held at SSM St. Joseph Health Center. Available with a doctor’s order only. Registration: 636.949.9600 Info: 636.947.5163.

Free Mammogram ScreeningsSSM Health Care offers free mam-mogram screenings to women who have no health insurance. Appoint-ments are available at SSM St. Jo-seph Health Center, 300 First Capi-tol Drive in St. Charles and SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, 100 Medical Plaza in Lake Saint Louis. Info: Kar-en at 636.947.5617.

Diabetes Prevention ProgramHelping those at high risk for type 2 diabetes adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles to reduce chances of devel-oping the disease. Held at participat-ing YMCA’s throughout the St. Louis and St. Charles areas. This program is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-led Na-tional Diabetes Prevention Program. Contact Joyce Hoth at 314.436.1177.

Crisis NurseryCommitted to preventing child abuse and neglect, the Crisis Nursery pro-vides short-term, safe havens to chil-dren, birth through age 12, whose families are faced with an emer-gency or crisis. 24-hour helpline: 314.768.3201. Or 636.947.0600, www.crisisnurserykids.org

Support Groups

Daily: 12 Step Recovery Club204 G West Pittman, O’Fallon. Info: Mike at 636.240.1722 or www.212club.org.

Every Monday: BILY (Because I Love You) Parent Support Group 7:30pm at First United Methodist Church, 801 First Capitol Dr., St. Charles. For parents only. Free. Fo-cus on teens/young adults who act out. Help Line 314.993.7550.

1st & 3rd Mondays: Sharing Losses Through Bereavement1-2:30pm. at SSM Home Care & Hospice, 1187 Corporate Lake Drive. Registration: 314.776.3627.

Every Mon.: Tobacco Free for Life Want to Quit Smoking? For support, call Ellen, register nurse at SSM St. Joseph Hospital, 636.947.5304.

1st Mon.: Better Breathers Club Those w/chronic lung disease. St. Joseph Health Cntr., 300 1st Capi-tol Dr., St. Charles. Free lunch. 636.947.5684.

3rd Monday: Walking for Well-ness-STOP HEROIN Life After Loss Support Group7-8:30pm at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, Medical Office Building, 6 Jungermann Circle, Ste. 212, St. Pe-ters. Discuss loss of your loved one and heal. 314.630.9222 or [email protected].

12 Step Support Group for Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual AbuseMeets in 4 locations in the metro St Louis area. [email protected].

• 1st and 3rd Monday: 9:30-11am500 Medical Dr in Wentzville; doc-tors dining room of St Joseph Hospi-tal; contact 636.561.0389.• 2nd and 4th Tuesday: 6:30-8pm2 Progress Point Parkway in O’Fallon, MO; 4th floor conference room of Progress West Hospital; contact 636.561.0389.

1st Tuesday: Parkinson’s Support Group1-2pm at the Community Commons in Spencer Road Library. Info: Alicia Wildhaber at 636.926.3722.

4th Tues: Diabetes Support Group6:30-7:30pm At HW Koenig Med Bldg, St Joseph Hosp. West. 636.625.5447

Every Wednesday: Co-Dependents (CODA) Anonymous Meeting8pm, 2800 Elm St., St. Charles. Sepa-rate brick house behind church com-plex. Contact Julie at 636.397.8676. This meeting is for women only.

1st Wed: Missouri/Illinois Multiple Myeloma Support Group10-11am at St. Joseph Medical Park: Education Room, 1475 Kisker Road, St. Charles. RSVP is appreciated at 636.447.9006 or [email protected].

3rd Wed. 6:30–8 pm KidsCan!Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hosp., 150 Entrance Way, St. Peters. Support children 4-12 w/parent/significant caregiver w/cancer.

1st Thursday: Nurses & Company Parkinson’s Support Group1-2pm at Twin Oaks at Heritage Pointe (228 Savannah Terrace, Wen-tzville) for those with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. Questions: Ali-cia Wildhaber with Nurses & Com-pany at 636.926.3722.

1st Thurs: Conquer 6:30-7:30pm. Support Group for adults with cancer. Siteman Can-cer Cntr, Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hosp., 150 Entrance Way, St. Peters. 636.916.9920.

2nd Thurs: Support Group for Al-zheimer’s 4pm. Delmar Gardens, 7068 S. Outer 364, O’Fallon. Call: Jennifer Krpan, Ralph Covinsky 636.240.6100.

4th Thurs: Breast Cancer Support Group 6:30-8pm. Siteman Cancer Cntr, Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hosp., 150 Entrance Way. 636.928.WELL (9355) or 800.392.0936. www.site-man.bjsph.org.

3rd Sun: Alzheimer’s Meeting12:45-1:45pm. Morning Star Church, 1600 Feise Rd., O’Fallon. Faith-based for caregivers, family of those with memory loss. 1.800.272.3900.

Gateway to Hope ProgramHelps uninsured or underinsured breast cancer patients who reside in Missouri. 314.569.1113 or www.gthstl.org.

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Friendship Day is Au-gust 5 and in light of a recent survey that indicates w o m e n place high v a l u e on their friendships, Olay is o�ering women a chance to treat themselves with a trip to New York City. Olay is hosting a summer contest called “Light Up Your Life.” Women

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By Shelly A. SchneiderMissouri is home to about 50 species of

mosquitoes. Some live less than a week, while others may live several months. Community Health and the Environ-ment states it is only the female mosquito that “bites” and she does so to obtain the blood meal needed to lay viable eggs.While mosquitoes usually do little more than drive the family from the out-doors to the indoors, they are sometimes

snamuH .sesaesid suoregnad fo sreirracmay contract malaria, yellow fever, den-gue, and encephalitis; and dogs may get

heartworm. Most of these diseases, with the exception of human encephalitis and canine heartworm, have been fairly well eliminated from the entire United States. Health o�cials said outbreaks of mosqui-to borne encephalitis have periodically

occurred in Missouri. “Canine heartworm is an endemic problem, with costs to animal own-ers escalating each year,” health o�cials warned. “E�ective mosquito control

measures including the elimination of swamp areas, and maintenance e�orts to keep road ditches clear and water free

have done much to control mosquito for disease transmission.”

-toes: floodwater and permanent water mosquitoes. Floodwater mosquitoes lay their eggs on damp soil where flooding will occur or, in some cases, above the water line in tree holes, artificial con-tainers, or other small bodies of water.

When rain fills these areas and floods the in the larval stages, broods of mosquitoes -toes are mainly of the pest variety, and are the first to emerge in the spring months.

Many of these mosquitoes are strong fly-ers and may range up to ten miles or more a blood meal to lay eggs. their eggs directly on the water surface,

-cies in this group do not venture far from their breeding sites.

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-ficials will make an inspection and evalua-tion appointment, and then recommend a possible solution.St. Charles County residents have the

greatest prevention methods right at their fingertips. Proper maintenance of the property is the first step toward mosquito prevention. All trash and refuse that could property should be adequately graded and

drained, to prevent any pools or puddles of water that may last ten days or longer. County mosquito control o�cer Barry

McCauley lists several things homeowners may do to keep mosquitoes from ruining their summer:

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The 16th Annual

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process! Women will fi nd the answers

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lous – set for Saturday, Nov. 17, at St.

Charles Community College.

sented by the college in partnership

with JCPenney and SSM St. Joseph

Health Center-Hospital West, will take

place from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Stu-

dent Center on the SCC Campus, 4601

Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville.

Women from throughout the area

will gather for a day of education, re-

laxation, prizes, food, and fun, includ-

ing nine mini-seminars, a fashion show

and keynote speaker, and more than 50

vendors displaying products and ser-

vices.

exhibits and seminars and a continental

cial $20 VIP tickets include a fashion

show, keynote speaker, and full-course

luncheon catered by Grappa Grill in

addition to the breakfast, exhibits, and

seminars. For the fourth consecutive

year, JCPenney will host the lunchtime

fashion show, with styles for all ages

as well as automatic entry into a grand

prize drawing – a personal beauty bas-

ket courtesy of JCPenney.

fair gives participants nine mini-semi-

nars to choose from including infor-

mation on exercise, fi tness, breast care,

urinary incontinence, and plastic sur-

gery. Other personal improvement and

awareness topics include bra fi tting and

wardrobe, “ups” and “dos” for holiday

hair, makeup made easy, and the “spirit

the spirit. Seminar sessions (three topics to

choose from during each time frame)

begin at 9:30 a.m., 10:40 a.m., and 1:30 s

at 11:45 a.m. and runs until 1:15 p.m.

Doors open at 8:30 a.m.

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presentation by author Dan Coughlin. Chris Kattan and Carmen Electra in Yari Film Group’s Christmas in Wonderland - 2007

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I found an old recipe for sau-erkraut and decided to fire up the

crock-pot. First it called for pork spareribs. I didn’t have any but I had

some country pork ribs. Are spareribs made in the city? I never saw any pigs in our subdivision but who cares? In they go.

Next it called for a head of cabbage. Cabbage? Cab-bage is for St. Patrick’s day!

I called a chef at my favorite restaurant and asked why cabbage is included in German sauerkraut reci-pes. After he quit laughing, he said, “Sauerkraut is fermented cabbage you Schweinhund.” He hung up.

Ferment? Isn’t that what moon-shiners do? Yuck! I’ll use lettuce. It looks the same, right?

It called for a thinly sliced onion. I began slicing one. After the second slice, I sliced my index finger. The onion fell on the floor. I bandaged my finger and washed the blood and greebles off the onion. I fin-ished slicing while I sang Mack the Knife. I’m sure it helped.

Then four cups of water, one can of chicken broth and...wait a minute! Chicken broth? I considered calling the chef again but what does he know. I wasn’t

planning on chicken soup so I didn’t have any chick-en broth. I dumped in a small jar of chicken bouillon cubes. I bought it eight years ago. Does bouillon go bad? Surely not. Oh wait, I forgot to take the foil off. I dipped them out, removed the foil from each cube and threw them back in. I’m sure I got them all.

Then it called for one bottle of beer with the fizz removed. Bottle? Fizz removed? How weird. I only have cans. I figured heat would remove the fizz. I opened a can and put it in the microwave. It boiled over in frothing wrath. Yikes! Did I disturb the beer gods? I dumped the rest in the crock-pot. This sure turned out to be stressful. No wonder so many single guys go to restaurants. Since I might have offended the beer gods, I drank two more cans. Why take chances?

The final touch was minced garlic and a pinch of caraway seeds. I didn’t have minced garlic so I threw in a whole one but I didn‘t have any caraway seeds. Anyway, I thought a pinch was something bar-maids suffer. I called my favorite bartender and asked how much a pinch was? He said one holds a pinch between thumb and forefinger and then gets thrown out.

Oh. Now I get it.I substituted a small bag of sunflower

seeds I hid from my kids in 1989. One pinch was only one seed. Oh well, maybe I’ll cheat a little and put in two. I ate the rest. Waste not, want not.

I turned the crock-pot on low and left on some er-rands. The errands evolved into lunch with friends. The lunch evolved into an afternoon at a bowling

alley which evolved into happy hour at the local pub in which we all enjoyed great happiness.

I got home after dark and smelled something ter-rible when I opened the door. The crock-pot bub-bled away with an aroma that would have terrified a starving vulture. I opened all the windows to air out the odoriferous eau de sewer gas. Then I braved

a taste. It included a piece of tinfoil. Before I could shout “Eeeeewwww” the neighbor yelled in the open window, “You better call the fire department. You have a gas leak.”

Wow. A real comedian. I wondered if that restau-rant was still open.

Joe Morice is Community News’s blue-collar philosopher. He was born and raised in Missouri and spent most of his childhood on a farm and adulthood operating big machines. He has no formal training as a writer, unless 60 years of writing about any and everything counts.

The opinions expressed in this column are Joe Morice’s alone and do not reflect the opinion of the owners or staff of Community News.


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